Katherine "Kate" Alford: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Katherine "Kate" Alford was born on 11 Jul 1893 in Texas (daughter of Allen Josiah Alford and Nancy J. "Nannie" Land); and died.

Notes:

Janice Smith shows that she married Jessie Martin COMBS on 25 Dec 1910 in Shelby County, Texas. He was a State Representative to Congress. Both of them died in Beaumont. They were the parents of two sons.

Generation: 2

Allen Josiah Alford was born on 27 Feb 1844 in Alabama (son of Isham Alford and Sylvia Ann Hodges); died on 23 Jul 1923 in Shelby County, Texas.

Notes:

Per "Shelby County, Texas in the Civil War" compiled by Kathryn Hooper Davis and Carolyn Reeves Ericson, Civil War Veteran, Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Shelby County. Private, Company F, 11th Texas Infantry. Enlisted 14 July 1862 at Camp Clough. Pension #16522. Parents Isham and Sylvia Ann (Hodges) Alford. In Texas since 1854. Left the service on 31 October 1862 "sick at home on furlo."

(Research):Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County,
Enumerated 22 Jun 1880
Page 8 D., SD 1, ED 85
76-77
Alford, Allen J. W M 35 Farmer Ala Geo Ala
Alford, Nancy A. W F 24 Wf Keeping House Miss Geo Geo
Alford, Lee E W M 8 Son Tx
Alford, Ovada W F 7 Dtr Tx
Alford, Benjamin W M 2 Son Tx
Alford, Laura W F 9/12 Born Sept Dtr Tx
Alford, Amanda W F 18 Servant Farm Laborer Tx

1900 Census
Texas, Shelby County, JP 3
Enumerated 13 June 1900
SD 8 ED 88 Sheet 12A
180-184
Alford, Allen Hd W M Feb 1845 55 M 30 Ala Ga Ala Farmer
Alford, Nancy Wf W F Aug 1852 48 M 30 11/8 Miss Miss Miss

Allen married Nancy J. "Nannie" Land on 5 Jan 1871 in Sabine County, Texas. Nancy was born in Aug 1852 in Mississippi; died on 4 Sep 1926 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Center, Shelby County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy J. "Nannie" Land was born in Aug 1852 in Mississippi; died on 4 Sep 1926 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Center, Shelby County, Texas.

Notes:

As of the 1900 federal census, Nancy is listed as the mother of 11 children, 8 of them still living. Only the oldest four of their children are found with the family as of the 1880 census, and all had left home prior to the 1900 census.

Said by Janice Smith to be a daughter of John LAND and Rebecca BUCKLEY.

Children:

Lee Edmondson Alford was born on 12 Dec 1871 in Texas; died about 1887 in Shelby County, Texas.
Ovada L. Alford was born on 18 Jun 1873 in Texas; and died.
Almoth G. Alford was born on 18 Feb 1875 in Texas; and died.
Annie Rebecca Alford was born on 26 Jan 1876 in Texas; and died.
Benjamin Meador Alford was born on 24 Sep 1877 in Texas; and died.
Laura Frances "Fannie" Alford was born on 5 Sep 1879 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
Bertha Mae Alford was born on 17 Nov 1881 in Texas; and died.
Mattie Florida Alford was born on 9 Nov 1883 in Texas; and died.
Willie Lee Alford was born on 18 Jun 1888 in Texas; and died.
1. Katherine "Kate" Alford was born on 11 Jul 1893 in Texas; and died.

Generation: 3

Isham Alford was born about 1817 in Georgia; died on 7 Jun 1888 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Paulette Gilchrist shows him as a son of Archibald and Elizabeth ALFORD of North Carolina, and as born in Tennessee.

Other sources, most notably the Family Descendancy Report titled "Known Descendants of
Isham Alford & Anne Ferrell (1755 NC - 1832 GA)" which can be found onloine here:

http://www.alfordassociation.org/GENEALOGY/ISH755NC.pdf

These other sources instead have him listed as a son of Baldy Alford and grandson of Isham Alford and Anne Ferrell. This website is maintained by Janice Smith, a descendant. She states that Isham and Sylvia Anne Alford moved their family from St. Clair County, Alabama to Texas in 1854. They went to Texas crossing the Sabine River near Milam. They traveled across the Old San Antonio Road to what was then Washington County and settle at a little village called Evergreem about 12 miles from Giddings, now in Lee County, Sometime before 1860, Isham and Sylvia sold their land and moved their family to Sabine County in the piney woods of East Texas. Janice showsn that he was born ca 1815 in Georgia.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat No. 4, PO Milam
Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
Page 24 Stamped 330
178-178
Isham Alford 43 M Farmer 1500 1815 Ga
Anna Alford 34 F Ala
Frances Alford 18 F Ala
Allen Alford 16 M Ala
Bertis Alford 14 M Ala
Baldy Alford 11 M Ala
Lousia Alford 9 F Ala
Thomas Alford 5 M Ala
Julias Alford 3 M Tx
179-179
Eaton and Julia RC Washham
180-180
W. B. Alford 20 M Farmer 150 200 Ala
Arletha L Alford 22 F Ala
Ausborn Alford 9/12 M Tx

Isham married Sylvia Ann Hodges on 15 Aug 1838 in St. Clair County, Alabama. Sylvia was born about 1822 in St. Clair County, Alabama; died on 8 Nov 1884 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sylvia Ann Hodges was born about 1822 in St. Clair County, Alabama; died on 8 Nov 1884 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Paulette Gilchrist shows her as the daughter of John William HODGES Sr. and Louisa Elizabeth TRUSS. Janice Smith also showns the same parents.

Children:

William Brittain Alford was born on 2 Nov 1839 in Alabama; died on 13 Jan 1863 in Louisiana.
Mary Frances A. Alford was born on 26 Jan 1842 in St. Clair County, Alabama; died on 7 Jan 1921 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Allen Family Cemetery, Patroon, Shelby County, Texas.
2. Allen Josiah Alford was born on 27 Feb 1844 in Alabama; died on 23 Jul 1923 in Shelby County, Texas.
Burtis Terry Alford, Sr. was born on 16 Sep 1845 in Alabama; died on 13 Apr 1901 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas.
Infant Son Alford was born on 5 Nov 1848 in Alabama; died on 13 Nov 1848 in Alabama.
Louisa Della Alford was born on 8 Oct 1849 in Alabama; died on 19 Nov 1900 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
Archibald "Baldy" A. Alford was born about 1849 in St. Clair County, Alabama; and died.
Infant Son Alford was born on 8 Jun 1854 in Alabama; died on 9 Jun 1854 in Alabama.
Thomas Redden Alford was born on 18 Mar 1855 in Alabama; died on 27 Nov 1898 in Sabine County, Texas.
Julius Preston Alford was born on 18 Mar 1858 in Alabama; died on 7 May 1873.
Arletha Jennie Alford was born on 11 Sep 1862 in Texas; and died.
Wiley E. Alford was born on 20 Oct 1865 in Texas; died on 15 Nov 1884.